Do you also have this addiction ?

[El Diablo]

Whenever I pitch up and find out there is an 18 hole competition running I always enter.

It does not matter what the format is, medal, stableford, bogey etc., if I am woefully out of form, the course is frosted and rock hard, so wet the ball plugs or disappears on the fairways, blowing a gale - does not seem to make a difference.

I am compelled to play in the comp .....

 

[Rlburnside]

I enjoy competitive golf and enter all single competitions,not so fussed about other formats but I will play in some double competitions and Texas scrambles, thinking of joining another course so I can play more single competitions.

 

[shortgame]

Yes, don't think I've ever played without entering the comp if one's on and I'm eligible to enter

 

[davemc1]

I lose interest in social games with nothing on them. Need to play in a comp, for hc or even just a couple of quid with mates. I also have no interest in team games.


jeez, I'm a miserable bugger!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I lose interest in social games with nothing on them. Need to play in a comp, for hc or even just a couple of quid with mates. I also have no interest in team games.


jeez, I'm a miserable bugger!

I'm pleased you added that last bit 😁. I'm probably the opposite. I prefer social games for fun rather than comps. I love team games over playing individually. They are more interactive and social.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Yes, don't think I've ever played without entering the comp if one's on and I'm eligible to enter

Same here

 

[patricks148]

used to. the first few year after starting to play ( apart from the first few months, i didn't play weekends) i played every comp and the ones at the 2nd club i joined and at least one open. there were some weeks i would play 4 comps a week.

once i got down to 6 and lower i sort of picked a chose, what and when apart from at Nairn, where i will play all the silver comps. This year was the first time i didn't play all the pullar medals.

 

[chrisd]

I invariably enter any comp that is running on a day I play, I also like team games but I dislike matches more and more that require a formal dinner after.

 

[OnTour]

My whole golfing life is one competition 😀 can't get enough of them.

No point shooting level or better in a friendly with zero pressure - do it in a comp you have the proof 😘

I'm ready for first team golf in 2018 #ScratchLeague

 

[Deleted member 21258]

I prefer social games for fun rather than comps. I love team games

I find myself nodding my head.

 

[thesheriff]

Can never find my best golf unless something's riding on it. Can't remember a bounce game where I posted anything like a decent 18 hole score.

 

[Crazyface]

Comp, knock with mates, out on me own. Matters not. The Golf gods see me as their plaything and torment me or make me smile depending what they feel like.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Rarely do it - though I play in most comps.

We have a Stableford that runs every Saturday morning and some in our Roll-Up play in it as well as in our roll-up. I rarely do. Would rather our groups played roll-up speed and gimme's etc rather than have one or more members of a group doing a card requiring holing out for points.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If there's a comp on, I'll enter. Why not, like me you want the handicap to come down?

 

[Dasit]

Enter most

That is why my account in the pro shop has got so high been a decent year of results

 

[backwoodsman]

Competition ?

Enter! Today might be the day (or maybe not ).

 

[chimpo1]

Totally agree with the OP. A few years ago I broke my left hand and spent the summer playing comps every week using only my right arm. Needless to say my handicap increased that year. #golfaddict

 

[LincolnShep]

Since I joined a club I've hardly played any social golf. It's either a club comp or a society outing - very little else.

 

[Bigfoot]

If you are not playing regular competitions, your handicap is not realistic. There are so many players that don't play comps when not playing well and end up unable to play to their handicap. If your handicap goes up, it then becomes easier to hit a good score as you have more shots as you feel more relaxed.


I was 14.4 at the start of the season and went up to 15 and gradually found it easier to score well. I then dropped to 12.3 late in the season and am finding it , not easy, but reasonably comfortable.